SUNDAY FEB 26,1978 FM+4D.3H.23M.22S. LISP 499 --HIC, GLS, JONL---
NOTICE:
AS THIS "LISP RECENT" COMES SHORTLY AFTER THE PREVIOUS "LISP RECENT", IT
WILL BE APPENDED TO THE FRONT OF RATHER THAN SUPERCEDING THE PREVIOUS ONE.
CHANGES THAT AFFECT ALL USERS:
[1] YOUR DEFAULT INIT FILE IS NOW AUTOMATICALLY READ BY LISP
[2] REMINDER: LSUBR CONS HAS BEEN REMOVED
CHANGES THAT AFFECT ITS NEWIO:
[A] ARGUMENT OF T TO DIRECTORY FUNTION IS NOW MEANINGFUL
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[1] WHEN LISP IS STARTED UP YOUR DEFAULT INIT FILE WILL BE READ IN
WITHOUT INTERVENTION. TO PREVENT READING IN THE INIT FILE, IT IS
NECESSARY TO GIVE A JCL CONTAINING ONLY SPACES SO:
:LISP
READS YOUR INIT FILE WHEREAS:
:LISP<SPACE>
DOES NOT. NOTE THAT A DIFFERENT INIT FILE MAY BE SPECIFIED IN THE JCL
AS BEFORE.
[2] LSUBR CONS, WHICH WAS ADDED A FEW RELEASES AGO, HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT
HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED FOR A WHILE, BUT IT IS BEING DOCUMENTED IN
LISP RECENT FOR THE FIRST TIME. AS THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH
THE NEW FORM OF CONS, AND THERE WAS NO COMPILER SUPPORT FOR IT, WE DECIDED
TO REMOVE THE NEW CONS UNTIL THINGS COULD BE BETTER WORKED OUT.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE WHEN LSUBR CONS RETURNS.
[A] AN ARGUMENT OF T TO THE DIRECTORY AND MAPDIRECTORY FUNCTIONS IS NOW
MEANINGFUL. A CALL IS OF THE FORM:
(DIRECTORY <NAMELIST> [<PROPS-TO-RETURN>])
IF PROPS-TO-RETURN IS OMITTED, THEN A SELECTED SUBSET OF THE
FILE PROPERTIES IS RETURNED. IF PROPS-TO-RETURN IS T, ALL OF THE
AVAILABLE PROPERTIES WILL BE RETURNED. IF PROPS-TO-RETURN IS NIL, NO
PROPERTIES ARE RETURNED. PROPS-TO-RETURN MAY BE A LIST IN WHICH CASE
IT EXPLICITLY STATES THE PROPERTIES TO BE RETURNED.